Intro: Em7b5 D#m7b5 Dm7b5 E A7 E A7 E A7 E



A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)         C#7Well (x4342x@1)I'm goin' down to the river

F#m7 (131141@2)name="chord_x21202@1">B7         E (022100@1)  B7I've (x21202@1)got a cane pole in my hand

E (022100@1)    C#7 (x4342x@1)         F#m7 (131141@2)               B7I've (x21202@1)got my redworms in a Maxwell house coffee can
          E (022100@1)         G#7 (xx1112@1)           A (x02220@1)                  D9
I'm gonna sit under a shade tree on a riverbank where it's cool
          E (022100@1)               C#7 (x4342x@1)             F#m7 (131141@2)   B7 (x21202@1)    EI'm (022100@1)gonna close my eyes and dream and let the cork Bob away my blues
E (022100@1)                  C#7 (x4342x@1)          A7 (x02020@1)        D9
Well I wake up every mornin' I pick peaches all day
       E (022100@1)                         C#7 (x4342x@1)                          
And on Saturday night we'll have a dance or two 
           F#m7 (131141@2)        B7 (x21202@1) C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_x21202@1">B7
  we might wallow in the hay    
        E (022100@1)                  C#7Now (x4342x@1)the only thing that ever whipped my pa         
         A7 (x02020@1)                D9
Was this bad dude called old age       
        E (022100@1)                      C#7And (x4342x@1)his last years were his best years
    F#m7 (131141@2)          B7 (x21202@1)   E (022100@1)  C7 (x32310@1)name="chord_x21202@1">B7 
And this is what he had to say       
        A (x02220@1)                              D9       
He said boy I've worked this dirt all my life 
           E7 (020130@1)                Ebut (022100@1)things ain't been good for awhile             
F#m7
Why don't you move to the city make a little money 
                 B7 (x21202@1)             C7 (x32310@1)           B7you (x21202@1)might be the first one in the family ever to die with a smile     
       E (022100@1)             C#7 (x4342x@1)
Well I took his advice things goin' well       
       A (x02220@1)                 D9
But my friends are far and few
    E (022100@1)            C#7 (x4342x@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)            B7But (x21202@1)whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues

E (022100@1)            C#7 (x4342x@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)            B7Whoever (x21202@1)said a city boy can't have them country blues
E (022100@1)            C#7 (x4342x@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)            B7 (x21202@1)Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues 
     C7 (x32310@1)             B7 (x21202@1)             EWell (022100@1)honey they ain't talked to me and you

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(The last line is played one strum per chord)